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Burger & Lobster (Farringdon): moving East

27/10/2012

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Burger & Lobster continues its push East. With the first restaurant in Mayfair and a second in Soho, the third is in Farringdon (St John Street by Smithfield market) while a fourth outlet is planned to open before Christmas in Bread Street in the City.  

If you've been to Burger & Lobster before, you'll instantly get it here for there are no discernible changes to the format, it's burger, lobster or lobster roll, all at £20. There's desserts that come in a tub, and that's it. Staff in the new branch are as friendly as ever including Saraa who looked after us wonderfully on our visit, and despite the new venue having been open only a few days when we ate there, everything ran smoothly.

The interior of the new branch is a little different to the other two outlets. The site itself is quite large but it's naturally partitioned into a number smaller areas so generally feels more cosy and less frantic. The bar has its own area and the grill is in the middle of the restaurant, open plan, so you can see your lobster on the grill, and smell it cooking. For the décor  it's exposed brick and wood.

There were no queues on our visit and I suspect that the Farringdon branch will see fewer queues generally. Lunch time could well be popular with City folk nearby though the Bread Street branch will shortly take much of that crowd anyhow. The overall impact then of Farringdon is likely to make Burger & Lobster yet more accessible; given its popularity, that's surely a good thing.
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31/10/2012 04:46:38 am

If we can like the Lobster wrap priced reasonably @ 20£, this is a full scandal on the Burger side. How a burger, even made of the most expensive Kobe beef or Charente could be at 20£. Our view is that B&L should reduce the price of the Burger to make people who don’t like SeaFood come with there meat lover mates.

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Oli
10/11/2012 07:59:42 am

You're missing the point. The lobster is subsidized by the burger. If the burger was cheaper they couldn't charge £20 for the lobster. They sell more burgers than lobsters too apparently. It's actually quite genius.

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Joy
11/11/2012 07:55:09 am

Lobster now more plentiful than cow, actually.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/us/in-maine-fishermen-struggle-with-glut-of-lobsters.html

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4/1/2015 11:27:29 am

We had a cracking night there and I can say with confidence, this one's going to be a regular!

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